Care Assistant

Caremark Ltd; Great Dunmow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home care provider is seeking Care Assistants in Great Dunmow. The role involves assisting clients with personal care, meal preparation, and providing companionship. Full training is offered, and flexible hours are available. Candidates must be self-motivated and caring. Competitive pay rates range from £8.25 to £15.00 per hour, depending on experience and hours worked.

Benefits

Paid mileage

Up to 28 days paid holiday

Funded DBS check

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• No experience necessary as full training and ongoing support is provided.
• Must possess a full driving licence and own transport preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with personal care such as washing and bathing.
• Help with meal preparation and shopping.
• Promote independence and support daily routines.

Skills

Self-motivated

Well-organised

Reliable

Caring and sensitive

Flexible

Good communicator

Job description

We give you time to Care.

Salary: £8.25 to £15.00 per hour Hours: Full time, Part time, Evenings Weekends

We Pay a Peak Rate of £10.00 per hour, 7 days a week between

7.00-10.00 am and 19.00 -22.00 pm

• Additional Travel Time
• Paid Mileage
  
  

Do you love helping others?

Are you keen to give back to your local communities?

Do what you love and be paid for it. Be treated like an extension of our family working for a leading home care provider.

We offer our Care Assistants;

• Peak Rate Pay of £10.00ph(Peak hours 7.00-10.00 am & 19.00-22.00 pm)
• £15.00 per hour Bank Holidays
• Up to 28 days paid holiday per year
• Full in-house training
• Funded DBS check
  
  

We have both Full Time and Part Time hours with opportunities to work a guaranteed hours contractor to work flexibly. No experience necessary as full training and ongoing support is given to all who join the team.

Please note that initial training is a full week.

Typical responsibilities include assisting our customers with personal care such as washing and bathing, changing their clothes, medication prompting and some domestic chores around their home such as meal preparation and shopping whilst importantly giving them companionship.

What we look for - It’s important to us that all Caremark Care Assistants have the following qualities:

• Self-motivated, well-organised & reliable
• Caring and sensitive
• Flexible
• Committed to maintaining our high standards of care
• Good communicator
  
  

As a company we genuinely care about all of our clients and treat every member of the Care team like a family member and will support you in any way we can. Importantly as a Care Assistant you must be caring and compassionate towards others.

Apply today

to start the process in your care career. One of the team will be in touch shortly.

Care Assistant / Support Worker / Community Care / Carer / Care at Home / Care Worker

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Contract, Permanent

Salary: £8.25 to £15.00 /hour

Licence

• Own transport (Preferred)
• Full Driving Licence (Preferred)
  
  

You would be responsible for meeting the support requirements of our clients, in a way that respects the individual and promotes their independence. You would be expected to travel to the client’s home and assist them with daily tasks as agreed between the client and Caremark.

The type of support that you would be providing is no different to what would reasonably be given by a member of the person’s family. For instance, you may be providing help with bathing and dressing or domestic support.

Principal Responsibilities

Your role would include helping clients with tasks such as:

• Help with washing & dressing
• Shopping & meal preparation
• Prompting with medication
• Support with daily routines
• Respite services
• Socialising and leisure activities
• Helping clients access the community
  
  

What we look for

It’s important to us that all Caremark Care Workers have the following qualities:

• Self-motivated, well-organised & reliable
• Caring and sensitive
• Flexible
• Committed to maintaining our high standards of care
• Good communicator